AMCAS/EMT Class

[SeminoleFan3]

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I took an EMT-B class at a community college to become certified. It was graded and 6 credit hours. Will I put that on my AMCAS application under the category where you enter your classes and grades?

 

[theblastopore]

I took an EMT-B class at a community college to become certified. It was graded and 6 credit hours. Will I put that on my AMCAS application under the category where you enter your classes and grades?

I think so.

 

[kypdurron5]

I think so.

Hrrm, good question, I was actually thinking about that earlier for another reason. I think that I personally would try to simply put it under my activities section rather than education- I would consider it more like "on the job training" rather than your run of the mill college education. Still, check into the AAMCS rules, they might require you to list it under education and have your transcripts sent. As long as you did well, I wouldn't hesitate to list it under both since you can't really comment on it in the academic portion. Plus, if they're just skimming your academics there is always the possibility they could miss that important hands-on experience-obtaining endeavor. Out of curiosity, was the program one semester or two?

 

[DrBowtie]

I think you list it. This would probably go under some sort of health sciences category where nursing classes or other allied health classes would go. Refer to the manual for the exact category.

 

[AWhitehair]

I took an EMT-B class at a community college to become certified. It was graded and 6 credit hours. Will I put that on my AMCAS application under the category where you enter your classes and grades?

When you find this out can you let me know too? PM me please! I don't want to put mine under the regular class list because they are B's and it would nice to not have that count in my cum. 😳

 

[CatsandCradles]

I took an EMT-B class at a community college to become certified. It was graded and 6 credit hours. Will I put that on my AMCAS application under the category where you enter your classes and grades?

YES. Put it down. You are a health care provider now. That can only work to your advantage.

I was stupid when I was applying to DO schools and failed to mention it because I didn't know better 🙁

But there are a lot of interesting things you will get yourself into as a EMT-B. You'll meet and see all sorts of people in the back of the ambulance

 

[KMG365]

I took an EMT-B class at a community college to become certified. It was graded and 6 credit hours. Will I put that on my AMCAS application under the category where you enter your classes and grades?

Yep- definitely have to list it as a course that you've taken, in the coursework section. I'm a paramedic, so I had several such courses, I emailed AMCAS, and several schools to ask about it, and they all said they needed to be reported.

 

[PittMedicine]

My EMT class was 0.0 credits. Should I put it under activities AND grades?

 

[medicalbound]

I took an EMT-B class at a community college to become certified. It was graded and 6 credit hours. Will I put that on my AMCAS application under the category where you enter your classes and grades?

You should definitely list it. I also took an EMT-B class at a CC (8 credits) and listed it on my AMCAS app. It was accepted without question.

 

[willow18]

List it. I did not put it on my app. but AMCAS saw it on my transcript and added it. They classify it as an AP course. Course name was "AP - Emergency Med Tech" , under course class "HEAL". Heal, nice, eh.

 

[ShyRem]

I think if you took the class at a college/university and it was indeed graded, you need to list it as a course. My EMT class, my paramedic class, my state firefighter classes - none of them were through a college/university and none of them were graded other than pass/fail. I did not list them as college credit courses since they were only affiliated with hospitals and fire departments, not assigned credit hours, and not graded.

So I think it depends on how/through whom you took the class.

 

[DoctorPardi]

The course I might take this summer can be taken for credit, or otherwise. I personally don't plan on taking it for credit, because it costs almost twice as much and I would have to get accepted to this university that teaches the course (requiring me to send a transcript pay an extra fee etc). So I wonder if in that situation you would still put it as a course, because no where will it be on any transcript of mine.

 

[SeminoleFan3]

Hrrm, good question, I was actually thinking about that earlier for another reason. I think that I personally would try to simply put it under my activities section rather than education- I would consider it more like "on the job training" rather than your run of the mill college education. Still, check into the AAMCS rules, they might require you to list it under education and have your transcripts sent. As long as you did well, I wouldn't hesitate to list it under both since you can't really comment on it in the academic portion. Plus, if they're just skimming your academics there is always the possibility they could miss that important hands-on experience-obtaining endeavor. Out of curiosity, was the program one semester or two?

It was a summer course...8 weeks long, 4 days a week for 4 hours a day.

 

[ronaldo23]

I think if you took the class at a college/university and it was indeed graded, you need to list it as a course. My EMT class, my paramedic class, my state firefighter classes - none of them were through a college/university and none of them were graded other than pass/fail. I did not list them as college credit courses since they were only affiliated with hospitals and fire departments, not assigned credit hours, and not graded.

So I think it depends on how/through whom you took the class.

sorry to resurrect a 4 year old thread, but I have this same question. I took my EMT class via my fire dept/hospital affiliation...not in a community college and I received no credit or grade (just did informal training by older medics, the hours required, and sat in for the state test). I did not list it on my academics, but I talk about EMS a decent amount in my PS and activities section. AMCAS instructions says something about getting a "letter from places to verify they do not have a transcript." Anyways I already submitted...but will they see my EMS listed in activities and not verify on the basis that I should have some academic listing of it under coursework?

 

[FirefighterDoc]

sorry to resurrect a 4 year old thread, but I have this same question. I took my EMT class via my fire dept/hospital affiliation...not in a community college and I received no credit or grade (just did informal training by older medics, the hours required, and sat in for the state test). I did not list it on my academics, but I talk about EMS a decent amount in my PS and activities section. AMCAS instructions says something about getting a "letter from places to verify they do not have a transcript." Anyways I already submitted...but will they see my EMS listed in activities and not verify on the basis that I should have some academic listing of it under coursework?

Hmm i am in the same boat and have no verification of that class other than my state certifications............anybody?

 

[kypdurron5]

The important thing here isn't that you took an EMT class. It's that you WORKED as an EMT. EMT is a WORK experience, not an educational one. So just like you don't have to verify that you worked for this company or that company, you will be just fine to say "worked as an EMT" and then talk about it some more during your interview (if they wish).

No one's going to be impressed that you passed an EMT class. But, the fact that you worked as an EMT automatically means that you did.

 

[MDhomieG]

so at my school the EMT class is listed as a course under physical education called EMERGENCY CARE, and it is weighted as a 1 credit course: graded. would AMCAS then incorporate the class grade into our overall GPA ?

 

[ronaldo23]

The important thing here isn't that you took an EMT class. It's that you WORKED as an EMT. EMT is a WORK experience, not an educational one. So just like you don't have to verify that you worked for this company or that company, you will be just fine to say "worked as an EMT" and then talk about it some more during your interview (if they wish).

No one's going to be impressed that you passed an EMT class. But, the fact that you worked as an EMT automatically means that you did.

I know. I'm just asking about logistics of course listings and whether or not you need a letter to explain you took the class at a fire dept, not a college.

 

[ronaldo23]

so at my school the EMT class is listed as a course under physical education called EMERGENCY CARE, and it is weighted as a 1 credit course: graded. would AMCAS then incorporate the class grade into our overall GPA ?

yeah they will if it is graded and was taken at a college. Classify it as Health Sciences for category .

 

[Thejakeman]

so at my school the EMT class is listed as a course under physical education called EMERGENCY CARE, and it is weighted as a 1 credit course: graded. would AMCAS then incorporate the class grade into our overall GPA ?

Yes, if you took the class at a community college and received community college credit for the course, (assuming it was a letter grade and not just P/F), it will be included in your overall GPA and you SHOULD report it as "education" on your AMCAS. That is, add the school where you took it from and add the course with the letter grade. Assuming you did well, then consider it a nice GPA boost.

I have 8 credits for my initial EMT-B certification and another 2 credit refresher course I had to complete.

Hope this helps.